Sherlock Holmes & The Case of the Jersey Lily, 2008

Peter DeLaurier

Member since 1981

Peter is an Artistic Associate at PLTC and has been with the Theatre since 1981. His credits include The Director in Six Characters in Search of an Author, Sherlock Holmes & The Case of the Jersey Lily, Humble Boy, The Imaginary Invalid and The Giver; he also played Matthew Cuthbert with his wife — company member Ceal Phelan — as his sister Marilla in his stage adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (which was nominated for the Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play).  Other PLTC productions include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Around the World in 80 Days, The Forgiving Harvest, Holes, Camping with Henry & Tom, A Delicate Balance, In the Blood, Once in a Lifetime, Sister Carrie and the international tour of Kabuki Achilles. He appeared in PLTC's remounting of Holes at the Academy of Music. Peter was nominated for the Outstanding Actor Barrymore Award for his performance in Man from Nebraska and won that award for the one-man show Underneath the Lintel at the Lantern Theater Company where he also played in QED last season and Skylight this year.  He has directed at PLTC and at theatres around the country, serving as Artistic Director of New Stage Theatre in Jackson, MS. With Ceal and other friends, he co-founded two of Delaware's professional theatres: The Delaware Theatre Company (1978) and First Stage (1987). Peter has played Off-Off, Off- and Broadway touring shows; developed new scripts in converted cellars and done ancient stories in ancient Greek amphitheatres.  Always, the most rewarding theatre making experiences are in a place like this, in which a company of artists makes plays for a community of which it is an integral part.